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Verticordia helichrysantha Benth.
Barrens Featherflower

Reference
Fl.Austral. 3:21 (1867)
Conservation Code
Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Sprawling shrub, 0.1-0.3(-0.6) m high. Fl. green-yellow, May or Jul to Nov. Sandy soils over spongolite. Coastal plains & cliffs.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 12 February 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Jerramungup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.